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- The comic misadventures of the "skinflint" comedian and his friends.
- Jack and Rochester give gifts to the cast. First TV appearance of Mel Blanc following his near fatal car accident in January of 1961.
- Jack demonstrates why he's an insufferable golf partner.
- Inside the studio, Bobby Rydell sings two songs. Outside the studio, Jack is haunted by a mysterious stalker.
- 1950–196530mNot Rated7.5 (40)TV EpisodeJack tries to wow guest songstress Jane Morgan by taking her to - a cafeteria? That's bad enough, but for Jack it's a war zone, with hostile attendants & personalized land mines at each counter awaiting their pickiest, least favorite diner. Will the hash slingers go easier on finicky Jack because he's with beautiful, blonde Jane?
- 1950–196530mNot Rated7.4 (23)TV EpisodeJack has four tickets to a new play. He and his new girlfriend were originally going to go with Don Wilson and his wife, but Don called to cancel. Jack's girlfriend gets him to call and invite Jimmy and Gloria Stewart. Jimmy accepts the invitation thinking he's talking to Jack Lemon. He and Gloria panic when they realize that it's Jack Benny instead.
- Jack has written a song, and he asks composer Dimitri Tiomkin to write an arrangement for it.
- 1950–196530mNot Rated8.4 (78)TV EpisodeJack goes on trial for murder, defended by superstar lawyer Perry Mason (Raymond Burr). The women in the courtroom swoon over Perry, but his defense of Jack is feeble. When Jack asks how Perry always wins on his own show, Perry Mason sneers "because my writers are better than yours !"
- Near the end of a New Year's Eve interview with a female reporter, Jack tells her the tale of that same night in 1953, when his plans for the evening did not go as expected. Leaving him with no one to be with at midnight and personal regrets.
- 1950–196530mNot Rated7.7 (36)TV EpisodeTennessee Ernie Ford appears from a remote location via split screen television.
- Raymond Burr wants to be a comedian, so Jack allows him to host the show.
- 1950–196530mNot Rated7.3 (38)TV EpisodeJack imagines himself as Alexander Hamilton, the first United States Secretary of the Treasury.
- In this episode, Jack becomes aware of the high cost of low cost traveling. Indeed Jack's stinginess made him opt for a cut-rate airline and ... for trouble! The pilot is crazy, the plane lands on a meadow instead of an airport, and the farmer owning the pasture end the baggage handler are pains in the neck! Of course, Jack arrives late for the show and Dennis has already taken it over!
- 1950–196530mNot Rated7.7 (35)TV EpisodeJack plans to throw a surprise birthday masquerade party for Dennis Day.
- 1950–196530mNot Rated7.4 (8)TV Episode
- 1950–196530mNot Rated8.0 (48)TV EpisodeJack and Gisele are returning from a show in Phoenix and get lost. They stumble into a café in what appears to be a Western ghost town and ask directions. While they sup on peanut butter sandwiches, the owner spins a story from the town's history, where a black-hearted villain called Tombstone Harry tries to force a beautiful saloon girl to marry him, or he'll foreclose on her mortgage. A black-garbed hero, the Cactus Kid, attempts to stop the villain.
- 1950–196530mNot Rated7.9 (12)TV Episode
- Opera star Roberta Peters joins Jack for fun and song.
- 1950–196530mNot Rated7.2 (18)TV Episode
- 1950–196530mNot Rated7.5 (34)TV EpisodeJack's all excited because he's going to make his first film in many years, directed by Billy Wilder. It's supposed to be a secret yet he calls Hedda Hopper and Louella Parsons right away, and soon even the mailman and a house painter know. Dennis comes over in a raincoat that Jack talks him out of. When Wilder arrives he's not too keen on the whole movie project.
- 1950–196530mNot Rated7.6 (33)TV EpisodeJack wonders how his life would have turned out, if he had never left his hometown Waukegan, Illinois. He imagines he would have been a violin teacher.
- 1950–196530mNot Rated8.3 (46)TV EpisodeAfter a run in with a crabby cameraman, Jack introduces a young Japanese girl singer, Romi Yamada. He expresses his interest in having her do a further show, but her agent drives a hard bargain, and recalls Jack's appearance on an Ed Sullivan-like show in Tokio, where Jack inserted himself into a rock-and-roll children's group.
- Carol Burnett plays Jane to Jack's Tarzan. She also sings The Trolley Song.
- 1950–196530mNot Rated7.6 (9)TV Episode
- 1950–196530mNot Rated8.0 (56)TV EpisodeJack's attempt to fly to New York City is frustrated by a cabdriver who can't bear to say goodbye to his passengers, surreal airport announcements, and a sarcastic ticket agent
- Jack is upstaged by a 12-year-old violinist and has Julie London as his guest star.
- 1950–196530mNot Rated7.9 (44)TV EpisodeJack tries to trick Mickey Rooney into appearing for free as a guest star on his show. Jack and Mickey are in a sketch depicting a prison in the future year 1985, wherein all the prisoners are pampered.
- Jack debates sex appeal with Rock Hudson. Jack wants to do a show like the Tonight Show.
- Jack and Bob do a skit about the time they auditioned their vaudeville act.
- 1950–196530mNot Rated8.0 (42)TV EpisodeJack praises Mr. Welk but insists anyone (in particular himself) can lead an orchestra-the results of his attempt to do so are classic.Later, he browbeats Lawrence into orchestrating his song "When You Say "I Beg Your Pardon Then I'll Come Back to You" A.K.A. "When the Swallows Return to Capistrano" which ends up as a polka.
- 1950–196530mNot Rated7.1 (35)TV EpisodeJack recalls the first time he encountered the devious Phil Silvers.
- 1950–196530mNot Rated8.1 (40)TV EpisodeSeveral stars' wives are planning a charity benefit in Beverley Hills, trying hard not to invite Jack, but he insinuates himself, unasked, into the event. He wanted to play his violin, but the only spot open is to referee a championship wrestling match, which he takes, but bungles it up so he gets involved in the wrestling, too.
- 1950–196530mNot Rated7.3 (47)TV EpisodeDarla Hood sings a song and appears in a sketch spoofing the Our Gang series.
- 1950–196530mNot Rated7.8 (42)TV EpisodeIn Jack's talent show, the first contestant is Mr. Finque,(Blanc) who impersonates dogs and a British horse. Don Wilson and "son" Harlow do another impersonation, this time of Ted Lewis in his "Me and My Shadow" routine. The "Renaldi brothers" do a bullet dodging act that ends badly. Jack's fan club of old ladies from Pasedena form an amateur orchestra.
- Jack devotes the entire half-hour to an amateur talent contest - of sorts. George Jessel pays a surprise visit.
- 1950–196530mNot Rated8.0 (34)TV EpisodeFor a change of pace, Jack does a plot-less revue instead of a scripted play, by supposedly responding to questions culled from fan mail. The acts include an over the top radio sound effects man, Don and Dennis impersonate Laurel and Hardy repairing a Model T tire, and Jack playing his violin with an eccentric pianist accompanying.
- After Jack learns that Jimmy and Gloria Stewart are making a film together, he decides to horn in on the act.
- 1950–196530mNot Rated7.6 (36)TV EpisodeHaving Martha Tilton as a guest causes him to reminisce about when they worked together with the USO during World War Two, on the island of New Guinea. During the show, Jack performs his stand-up, then starts playing his violin, when the sirens sound and enemy planes start bombing, everyone runs off but jack keeps playing. Eventually two Japanese soldiers, all that's left after a hari-kiri wave, surrender if he'll stop playing.
- Jack fires his announcer, Don Wilson, over a trivial argument.
- Jack is kidnapped and forced to make a $10,000 withdrawal from the bank.
- 1950–196530mNot Rated7.4 (41)TV EpisodeJack's guest is British comedian/singer Max Bygraves. After Jack claims to have discovered Max and introduced him to U.S. audiences, there's a flashback to Jack first seeing Max perform in London. Jack loves Max's performance, but is aghast with Max's dead-on impersonation of Jack.
- 1950–196530mNot Rated7.7 (43)TV EpisodeHawaiians are thrilled to sing Aloha to stingy Jack Benny, who gets only 1 lei, while a fellow passenger is covered with them. The romantic atmosphere of the Pacific cruise back to L.A. overwhelms Jack, who envisions a zoftig blonde passenger as Jayne Mansfield. Jayne breathes "You're Just Too Marvelous," to love-struck Jack.
- After Don does a man on the street interview that ends badly, Jack brings out Johnny Carson then into his first year as "Tonight" host. Carson displays samples of his various talents, including singing, drum playing and card tricks. He then does an interview with Jack where private thoughts can be heard "Strange Interlude"-style.
- Jack's monologue is interrupted by a picture taking family who join him onstage. Jack and Rochester are leaving on a personal appearance tour, so Jack rents his house while he is gone.